Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government is getting ready to table its first budget this week — one that will be markedly different from budgets of the past.

“This one is important for a bunch of reasons that might actually be unique to this particular circumstance,” said Sahir Khan, vice-president of the Institute of Fiscal Studies and Democracy at the University of Ottawa.

This budget is the Liberals’ first fiscal update in almost a year and the first summary of Carney’s agenda since the party released its spring election platform.

Since then, key Canadian industries have taken a sharp hit from the trade war with the United States . A weaker economy means lower revenues for government.

Add to that a handful of tax cuts and a substantial increase in defence and infrastructure spend

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